Patents Examined by Gregory Todd
  • Patent number: 8217996
    Abstract: A method for display of stereoscopic images defines at least first and second unequal subsets of viewers and provides at least the first subset of viewers with a first decoding device for viewing displayed stereoscopic images. From a single display apparatus, separate images are displayed for each eye of at least the first and second subsets of viewers in a repeated sequence of displaying the image for the first eye of all viewers during a first time interval; displaying the image for the second eye of the first subset of viewers during a second time interval; and displaying the image for the second eye of the second subset of viewers during a third time interval. The first, second, and third time intervals are non-overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Paul J. Kane, Patrick A. Cosgrove, Cathleen D. Cerosaletti
  • Patent number: 8180885
    Abstract: Method for administering devices, including creating a user metric vector including a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a plurality of user metric spaces, each user metric space including a plurality of metric ranges, and selecting, from the plurality of user metric spaces, a user metric space. Methods also include determining whether the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector, if the user metric vector is outside the selected user metric space, and executing the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel Gene Eisenhauer, Daniel Mark Schumacher, Thomas James Watson
  • Patent number: 8180732
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for distributing data in a data management system. The technique includes identifying one or more objects in a central data store for distribution, determining if a routing exists for at least one object of the one or more objects, and distributing the at least one object to one or more target systems specified by the routing. The one or more objects include master data objects for use by all systems in a data management system, and the one or more target systems are part of the data management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Markus Krabel, Wolfgang Kalthoff, Frank Rohloff
  • Patent number: 8161182
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described for managing congestion in a network. For a receiving node, a congestion status associated with a node in the network is determined. The congestion status is advertised to at least one other node in the network. For a sending node, a congestion status associated with a receiving node in the network is received. The congestion status corresponds to a measured node condition at the receiving node. A call is routed to the receiving node based on the received congestion status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Cheng, Snehal Karia
  • Patent number: 8145743
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for administering devices that include creating a user metric vector including a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a user metric space including a plurality of metric ranges, determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space, identifying an action in dependence upon the user metric vector if the user metric vector is outside a user metric space, and executing the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart, Daniel Gene Eisenhauer, Daniel Mark Schumacher, Thomas James Watson
  • Patent number: 8117291
    Abstract: Internet web technology is used to register wireless access customers without the need of a programmable smart card or SIM (subscriber identity module) or a fixed line wired connection by providing an anonymous session connection between a special registration web server and the user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Wireless Technology Solutions LLC
    Inventors: William John Jones, Michael Bowring
  • Patent number: 8090806
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for modifying the configuration of a network device, such as a router, using a two-stage configuration model is provided. A first request for a change in configuration of a network device is received. Configuration data that describes the change in configuration of the network device is stored in a buffer. A second request to modify the current operational state of the network device to reflect the configuration data stored in the buffer is received. An exclusive lock on the network device is obtained. The current operational state of the network device is modified to reflect the configuration data stored in the buffer. Multiple users may modify the network device without interfering with one another because conflicts are avoided through use of an exclusive lock. Requests of different management operations may be contained within XML documents that are transmitted from the client to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Freskos, Michelle D. Hawke, Dhanendra Jain, Kapil Jain, Charles M. Letchworth, Neal McDonnell, Yassin Movassaghi, Sukumar Puvvala, Xiaobing Xie, David D. Ward
  • Patent number: 8090800
    Abstract: A method and system for automated accessibility checking of Web pages. The method includes the step of accessing a Web page using a parser to generate data corresponding to the components of the Web page. The data is analyzed using an analysis engine to determine compliance of the components of the Web page with a set of accessibility standards. The results of the analysis performed by the analysis engine are subsequently stored. The results are then provided to indicate a degree of compliance with the set of accessibility standards. The method for automated accessibility checking can be implemented as a hosted application residing on a network connected server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: David Randall Yee
  • Patent number: 8090844
    Abstract: A content management system and method are disclosed having one or more shared file systems located on one or more networks having a firewall. The content management system includes an explorer client, a mounting client, and a gateway. The gateway is in communication with both the explorer client and the mounting client. The explorer client forms a profile of a user device by determining the characteristics of the user device. The mounting client determines the capabilities of the one or more file systems and where content resides on each of the one or more file systems. The gateway then creates a virtual abstraction layer based on the profile of the user device and the capabilities of the one or more file systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: TrueContext Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Chéné, Julian Craddock, Paul Haskins, Barry Yerxa
  • Patent number: 8090870
    Abstract: There is provided a method for adaptive data transfer over packet networks. The method comprises selecting a first communication path for transferring the data to the second computer, starting to transfer the data over the first communication path to the second computer, monitoring transfer characteristics of the first communication path related to the data transfer, storing the transfer characteristics associated with the first communication path in a database, comparing the transfer characteristics against one or more previously stored transfer characteristics related to one or more prior data transfers, and determining whether to alter a transfer algorithm being utilized for transferring the data to the second computer based on the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Liu, Ken Long, Sheldon Shen
  • Patent number: 8090880
    Abstract: In some embodiments, it is determined that a primary node has been elected from among a plurality of nodes in a replica set of nodes. The primary node accepts and processes client data access requests. The replica set includes the primary node and other secondary nodes. The primary node receives client data access requests. The primary node assigns a data sequence number to each client data access request that mutates state in the order the client data access requests are received. The data sequence numbers include a linearized processing order that is to be followed by each of the nodes in the replica set. The primary node sends the mutating client data access requests including any corresponding data sequence numbers to the secondary nodes. The primary node receives, from a threshold number of secondary nodes, an acknowledgement indicating reception of the client data access request. The primary node commits the data mutating access request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Hasha, Lu Xun, Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Dahlia Malkhi
  • Patent number: 8090790
    Abstract: Aspects of a system for splicing RDMA transactions in an RDMA system may include a main processor within a main server that may receive read requests from a client device. The main processor may translate a data reference contained in each read request to generate a physical buffer list (PBL). The processor 206 may communicate the PBL to a local processor within a NIC. The local processor may utilize the PBL perform RDMA operations to retrieve data stripes contained in one or more DDP segments received from a plurality of auxiliary servers. The local processor may enable the generation of TCP packets each containing the data stripes, which may then be sent to the client. The retrieval of DDP segments and generation of TCP packets may occur within the NIC without transferring retrieved data stripes via a system bus within the main server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Caitlin Bestler
  • Patent number: 7003555
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. Multiple edge servers and edge caches are provided at the edge of the network so as to cover and monitor all points of presence. The edge servers selectively intercept domain name translation requests generated by downstream clients, coupled to the monitored points of presence, to subscribing Web servers and provide translations which either enhance content delivery services or redirect the requesting client to the edge cache to make its content requests. Further, network traffic monitoring is provided in order to detect malicious or otherwise unauthorized data transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Cloudshield Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Peder J. Jungck